Absolute killer list of bands. Call of the Mountain has to be in my top 5 best songs ever written.

And I've never heard a bad song from Sabaton.

I'll also add Nightwish to the list for symphonic metal. I tend to favor their older stuff, Dark Chest of Wonder would be a great entry point into them.

You left out Pasadena 1994 by Nanowar of Steel

Also my favorites, fiddler on the green and old Nightwish, Stratovarious or Blind Guardian.

I've been also known to enjoy a Sonata Arctica concert or two.

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Powerwolf - Blessed & Possessed

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Haha funny you added The call of the mountain there. At some point I had an issue that shittube algorithm put that song constantly in 'play next'. The song is good except the chorus that for some reason annoys the hell out of me

Call of the mountain weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer call of the mountain weeeeeeeeeerreeeeeee call of the mountain

That Dragonforce song is amazing!!

If you like power metal try visigoth (I think their drummer does an amazing job at controlling the dynamics and pace of their songs) and Fellowship (I've never heard any other band come nearly as close at something uplifting and motivating); I really like Glint from fellowship as an example of that! It's the "response" to the "call" from Oak and Ash earlier in the album

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As a pretty eclectic listener that doesn't didn't usually listen to much extreme metal, Windhand was my gateway drug to stoner/doom; try Forest Clouds and Grey Garden

I also really enjoy YOB (Adrift in the Ocean), Firebreather (Kiss of your Blade), and Khemmis (Hunted), and Monolord has some really fun, almost hypnotic groovy riffs (Empress Rising)

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Electric Wizard's Supercoven

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Funeral doom all the way imo. Check out Ahab and Bereft.

For black metal - Der Weg Einer Freiheit can’t be beat

It's thrash, yeah.

Thing to keep in mind with the though, the band has been dabbling in AI stuff for album art and songwriting, so make of that what you will. Been a fan of theirs since their first 5 album year, but lately my hype has been deadened from the AI stuff.

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Before the Creation of Time

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No One Left to Kill

Open the Crypt

Pantheum

Footprints in the Sand

Staring Through Fire

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